| Current time in Las Vegas 5:53 a.m. Friday, July 4, 2008 |
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Lady Rebels Add 2008-09 Recruit
Jamie Smith has signed a national letter of intent to play for the UNLV women's basketball team starting in the fall of 2008-09, head coach Kathy Olivier announced on Friday. Smith is the first player to be signed by Olivier since she took over as head coach in April. [ + ] Caitlin Collier and Kari Duperron have been named women's basketball assistant coaches at UNLV, head coach Kathy Olivier announced on Tuesday. Duperron joined the staff this month, while Collier will start on June 1. [ + ] Sequoia Holmes will miss her college graduation on Saturday for a good reason, as she learned on Friday that she has become the third player in UNLV women's basketball history to reach the WNBA. The Las Vegas native survived the final roster cut and will be on the Houston Comets opening day roster when the 2008 WNBA season starts on Saturday. [ + ] Due to the recent transition of the entire coaching staff over the past two months, the UNLV women's basketball program will be suspending its basketball camps this summer. They will bring back a full set of basketball camps (including individual, elite, team, with others to possibly be added as well) for the summer in 2009. [ + ] Three former Lady Rebels are currently on the training camp rosters of WNBA teams as they go into their second week of preseason practices. Sequoia Holmes and Constance Jinks signed training camp contracts, while Linda Frohlich is coming back for her second year with the Sacramento Monarchs. [ + ] Former Lady Rebel Kathy Olivier has been named head coach for the UNLV women's basketball team, Director of Athletics Mike Hamrick announced on Tuesday. Olivier, who is the eighth head coach in the Lady Rebels' 33-year history, comes back to Las Vegas after spending the past 15 years as head coach at UCLA. [ + ] |
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